Posted September 29, 2025
The Boston Public Library (BPL) is seeking an archivist for a three-year grant-funded position to survey, inventory, and manage institutional records related to BPL’s Central Library in Copley Square. This position focuses exclusively on BPL’s historic records and plans related to the McKim and Boylston buildings that make up the Central Library. The archivist will…
Posted September 29, 2025
Job Description: The Boston University Libraries seek the next Director of the Special Collections and Archives who will be responsible for the strategic and operational leadership of the library’s archival, rare book, and art holdings. As a user-focused and collaborative leader, you will lead the planning, implementation, operations, and assessment of the collections in support…
Posted September 24, 2025
Job Description: The University of Southern Maine is seeking a detail-oriented and motivated Library Specialized Collections Processor to support the ongoing arrangement, description, and access of materials, with a focus on our Special Collections Judaica Collection and our Franco-American Collection. This position will work 50% time at the Special Collections Glickman Family Library on the Portland Campus, and…
Posted September 11, 2025
Job Description Through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), theMassachusetts State Historical Records Advisory Board (MA SHRAB), a program within theMassachusetts Secretary of State’s Office, is pleased to provide funding for 2 Fellowship opportunitiesfor emerging archives professionals to gain practical processing experience at an archival repository inMassachusetts. The MA SHRAB…
Posted September 9, 2025
Job Description The Archives of American Art of the Smithsonian Institution seeks to contract an individual to provide a planning study to establish feasibility, costs, parameters, and outcomes for a bibliometric project on the citation to and use of AAA resources. The Request for Quote and Statement of Work, which contain the details regarding this contract opportunity,…
Posted September 9, 2025
Description Under the Supervision of the City Archivist and Assistant Archivist, the Project Assistant will perform routine archival tasks such as creating inventories, rehousing records, and describing electronic records. The project assistant will be introduced to archives software such as Preservica and ArchivesSpace, and will be taught description based on commonly used metadata standards and will be…
Posted September 3, 2025
TITLE: Document Preservation Assistant DEPARTMENT: Department of Planning and Community Development (DPCD) POSITION(S) STATUS: Two positions available; part-time (up to 19 hours per week) non-union role, funded through June 2026 with possibility of extension based on funding REPORTS TO: Historic Document Preservation Team, led by Senior Planner for Arts & Culture and Preservation Planner SALARY:…
Posted September 3, 2025
Location: The June M. Guertin Archives at Barrington Stage Company (Pittsfield, MA) and/or Remote Department: Archives and Special Collections (Artistic) Reports To: Archivist Duration: Fall Semester (approximately September 22 – December 19) Hours: 10-20 hours per week (can be adjusted according to academic program requirements) Compensation: Unpaid (academic credit) Contact: [email protected] Position Overview: The June…
Posted August 19, 2025
Description Museum and Collector Resource, LLC (MCR), is seeking an Archivist for an 18-month, renewable position. MCR is seeking an Archivist to perform a wide variety of professional library and archival duties in support of a greater Cincinnati/northern KY institution. The incumbent will primarily manage the processing – arrangement, description and some digitization – for a private…
Posted August 7, 2025
Job Description Charlotte Mecklenburg Library is one of America’s leading urban public libraries, serving one of the country’s great emerging metropolitan areas in North Carolina. Our library system serves a community of approximately one million citizens in the city of Charlotte and the towns of Matthews, Pineville, Mint Hill, Davidson, Cornelius, and Huntersville – all located…
